February 2015    


Great outreach event or other activity? Let the whole Region know!

If you’re a local ASCE leader and your Section, Branch, Younger Member Group, or Student Chapter has staged any special events, engaged in outreach from grade-school kids to lawmakers, done charity work, fund raising or anything of the sort, let ASCEnews Weekly know and we may include it in next month’s Region report. You may already have written about it and posted pictures in your newsletter, website, or social media. Share the details and any photos at asce.org/localnews. Got questions? Write to submissions@asce.org.


See the other Region reports for February
If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for February, click on each to view them:
 
Region 1   Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section, Buffalo Section, Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers Section, Ithaca Section, Maine Section, Metropolitan Section, Mohawk-Hudson Section, New Hampshire Section, New Jersey Section, Puerto Rico Section, Rhode Island Section, Rochester Section, Syracuse Section, Vermont Section

Region 2   Central Pennsylvania Section, Delaware Section, Lehigh Valley Section, Maryland Section, National Capital Section, Philadelphia Section, Pittsburgh Section

Region 3   Akron-Canton Section, Central Illinois Section, Central Ohio Section, Cincinnati Section, Cleveland Section, Dayton Section, Duluth Section, Illinois Section, Michigan Section, Minnesota Section, North Dakota Section, Quad Cities Section, Toledo Section, Wisconsin Section

Region 4   Arkansas Section, Indiana Section, Kentucky Section, North Carolina Section, South Carolina Section, Tennessee Section, Virginia Section, West Virginia Section

Region 5   Alabama Section, Florida Section, Georgia Section, Louisiana Section, Mississippi Section
 
Region 6   New Mexico Section, Oklahoma Section, Texas Section

Region 7   Colorado Section, Iowa Section, Kansas City Section, Kansas Section, Nebraska Section, South Dakota Section, St. Louis Section, Wyoming Section

Region 8   Alaska Section, Arizona Section, Columbia Section, Hawaii Section, Inland Empire Section, Montana Section, Nevada Section, Oregon Section, Seattle Section, Southern Idaho Section, Tacoma-Olympia Section, Utah Section

Region 9   Los Angeles Section, Sacramento Section, San Diego Section, San Francisco Section

Region 10   All International Sections, Branches, and Groups


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TEXAS SECTION
Houston fine arts museum to resculpt 14-acre campus


Courtesy Lake|Flato Architects

The 114-year-old Museum of Fine Arts has released a master plan that adds two new buildings, extends an existing structure, and aims to live up to the city’s reputation as the most walkable city in Texas. Explore the expansion plan in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.


TEXAS SECTION
UT–Austin professor wins ASCE’s Bechtel Energy Award for wind research

Lance Manuel, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, is the recipient of the Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. Energy Award for career contributions in research, education, service, and design practice directed toward the safe and reliable use of land-based and offshore wind energy. Professor and recipient of the George and Dawn L. Coleman Centennial Fellowship in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, Manuel’s research in the field of wind energy is specifically directed toward improving the performance and reliability of utility-scale wind turbines that have seen increased levels of adoption in the last 15 years or so. Discover more about what made Manuel worthy of this honor in ASCE News.
OKLAHOMA SECTION
Oklahoma State agricultural engineering expert receives ASCE’s Tipton Award

Daniel L. Thomas, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE, is the recipient of the Royce J. Tipton Award for substantial contributions to the advancement of irrigation and drainage practices, improvement of water quality, and instrumentation for data acquisition through research, extension, teaching, service, and leadership, especially within the southeastern United States. Professor and head of the Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department at Oklahoma State University, Thomas has made significant research, extension, and teaching contributions to the profession on the topics of drainage, irrigation, water quality, and instrumentation for data acquisition related to irrigation and drainage. Discover more about what made Thomas worthy of this honor in ASCE News.
TEXAS SECTION
Rice University professor among winners of Moisseiff Award

Dharma T.R. Pasala; Apostolos A. Sarlis, S.M.ASCE; Andrei M. Reinhorn, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE; Satish Nagarajaiah, Ph.D., F.SEI, M.ASCE; Michael Constantinou, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Douglas P. Taylor, A.M.ASCE are the recipients of the Moisseiff Award for their paper “Simulated Bilinear-Elastic Behavior in a SDOF Elastic Structure Using Negative Stiffness Device:  Experimental and Analytical Study,” which was published in the February 2014 issue of ASCE’s Journal of Structural Engineering. Satish Nagarajaiah is professor of civil engineering and mechanical engineering at Rice University. Discover more about their nominated work in ASCE News.
IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE
Study for Corps of Engineers urges national effort to reduce coastal risks

A report conducted by the National Research Council and sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calls for a united, national vision for coastal risk management. Consider the call to action in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE
Global engineering firm evaluates 50 most sustainable cities

A new report by ARCADIS examines how 50 of the largest cities in the world balance social, environmental, and business interests. See which cities rank highest in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.